To Messrs. Foulis,The printers Robert and Andrew Foulis.

You will most particularly oblige me in serving me with a distinct account of Articles viz. , it’s Size, whether the complete genuine Ms that written by himself is deposited in the University Libry . or if a Transcript, where is the Original reserved? what was the Reason of it’s being placed in yr. Libry? also the occasion of Mr. Boyd’s donating it to the University & did he give orders for printing it & why was it not committed to the Press? did he enjoy an Estate, it’s name, where does it lye in this Country, who now possesses it, of what Family did he arise, his History, with any private anecdotes of him? Is it possible to have a few capital Quotations & Verses from the Original or Copy.

Solicit your Answer, Interest & good offices for this or acquaint to whom & by what means I must apply obtain a Solution.Pennant gives a description and excerpt from Boyd's Bible in his (Chester: 1774), p.156 .